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    "id": 874732,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "North Horr, FAP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Chachu Ganya",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Francis Chachu Ganya",
        "slug": "francis-ganya"
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to contribute to this Bill. I support the Sports (Amendment) Bill, No.25 of 2018. It is an amendment to the parent Act. It seeks to amend the Sports Act of 2013. The reasons for the amendments are clear. It is so as to provide for a comprehensive mechanism to finance the sports sector in the country. This will be achieved in a sustainable manner because the Bill seeks to establish the National Sports Fund. Once we have a funding kitty devoted and fully committed to the sports sector, it will go a long way in enabling our sportsmen and sportswomen to realise their potential. Funding has always been a major limitation in the sports sector. That is why, as a country, we have not been able to fully realise our potential. The amendment is timely, well targeted and should enable us to take the sports sector in the country to another level. This Fund will be managed by a board of trustees who will be responsible for giving strategic directions and guidance on how the new Fund ought to be utilised in our country. It is important to note that the Government, in the last few years, has been putting up sports stadia of high standards which will enable people in many counties to have good sporting arenas to compete in. While we celebrate that which has been started in a few counties, including my own, Marsabit, it is really a pity that most of them have stagnated or have not been completed. For the one in Marsabit, civil works have stalled for more than one year now. It was a partnership between the county government and the national Government. A good amount of work had been done but, as of now, that work is at a standstill. It is my prayer that this Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism, since they are responsible for the budget for the national Government, ensures that funds are available not only for Marsabit Stadium, but also for few others whose works have stopped so that we are able to complete what we have started and achieve the strategic objective for the establishment of those stadia. Now that we are working on the budget process for the next financial year, it is my prayer that funds will be made available so that the stadium in Marsabit will finally be completed. That will enable us to have world class stadium for our sportsmen and sportswomen to compete. With those few remarks, I support this amendment. Thank you."
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